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A ROW IN THE KITCHEN 



AND 



A POLITICIAN'S BREAKFAST 



Two Irish Monologues 



BY LEVIN C. TEES, 

[uthor of '^Mrs. Pepper's Ghost," ".4 Red-hot Massage," "Baby 
Coach Parade, ' ' and other popular farces. 



WITH COMPLETE STAGE BUSINESS, PROPERTY AND SCENE PLOTS SET. 



CHICAGO 

T. S. DENISON, PuisLisHER 
163 Randolph St. 



<o .<,fc- 



^^^'^' 



f\ ROW IN THE KITCHEN. 



CAST OF CHARACTERS. 

Biddy O'Flanigan, a belligerent domestic fresh from the Emer- 
ald Isle. 

Biddy's Missus, the Nagur Policeman, the Milkman, the Dutch 
jay and Biddy's boss, to be heard from but not seen. 



PROPERTIES. 



Bundles, etc., supposed to contain Biddy's wardrobe. A shoe to be 
thrown at Biddy from L. 2 E. Small red shawl in Biddy's pocket 
for her to weep with. Large tin can labeled "Dynamite." Set 
stove (made of pasteboard) ati?. of stage; chairs, tables, etc., on stage. 
Fire pistol or cartridge off U. near stove, to make noise of explosion, 
when the dynamite explodes. 



COSTUMES, 



Biddy O'Flanigan. — Quaint bonnet full of green ribbons, red 
body; green skirt, clodhopper shoes, green hose. Face made up 
very red. Ridiculously large bustle. 



STAGE DIRECTIONS. 

R means right of the stage; C centre; R C right centre; L left; 
R D right door; L B left door, etc.; 1 E first entrance; U E upper 
entrance, etc.; B indoor in flat (back of the stage); 1 G first groove, 
etc. The actor is supposed to be facing the audience. 



A ROW IN THE KITCHEN. A POLITICIAN S BREAKFAST. 

Copyright, 1894, by T. S. Denison. 



A ROW IN THE KITCHEN. 



Scene. — Kitchen in the residence of Mr. Adolphus High- 
stairs, m 3 G. Door C. in flat. Door i?. 2 E. Door L. 
2 E. Window, practical^ L. U. E. Table C, stove at 
R. 2 E. Biddy O'Flanigan appears at C. D., backing in 
from L . , loaded down with bundles^ etc. She stops at C. D. 
and speaks to employment agent, who is supposed to be off L. 

■ Biddy. Och, go long wid ye! There is nothing the 
mather with the dollar. Take it back, ye say. Faith and 
I'd like to see meself. A counterfeit? If it is a counterfeit 
ye gave it to me. Ye did! Ye did! Ye did! Ye nasty, dirty, 
lying old thafe of an employment agent. Och, wirra! wirra! 
Don't talk to me. You're a chate! You're a chate! And I 
can prove it by Biddy McGee. {Comes down C. Specialty 
introduced. ) 

A female voice outside R. 2 E. calls ^'Bridget ! Bridget !" 

Biddy. Och, and who is that? {Goes to door R. 2 E.) 
It's me new misses. {Speaks off R. 2 E.) Yis, I'm here or 
I wouldn't be talkin' to yees. Ye want turkey for dinner? 
Faith and ye won't get turkey. I'm going to cook a goose. 
It's your house? I don't care if it is your house. Yees not 
my boss. I want yees to understand that my name is 
Bridget O'Flanigan, and that my father was one of the 
kings of Ireland, and when I step my foot inside your dirty 
stable of a kitchen, bedad and it's a compliment I pays yez. 
What's that? I'm pertinent. Och, don't go breakin' yer 
jaw wid big words. There is one thing I want yez to un- 
derstand, woman. Yez got to take away the front steps, 

3 



4 A ROW IN THE KITCHEN. 

for I won't scrub them, and moreover, I won't work over 
eight hours a day, and I want every afternoon off. That is 
nice! Slam the dure in me face! Begorry, and it shows yer 
bringing up. {Comes down to C.) A fine old plum, she is. 
Faith and she puts on more airs than a peacock. All that 
she is good for is to sit at the pianny and sing sentimental 
ballads something like this. {Specialty introduced.) 

Whistle heard outside window L. U. E. Biddy looks out. 

Biddy. It's a nager policeman. Hello, nager! What 
is that? Ye'll arrest me for impudence to an officer. Be- 
gorra, and I'd like to see ye. I want yez to understand 
that me name is Bridget O'Flanigan, that me father — What 
is that? Yes, I live here. No, I ain't got no cold soup. 
The other girl gave it to you? I don't care if she did, yez 
will get nothing from me. Och, I can't tolerate policemen. 
I draw the line at letther carriers. {Noise in room L. 2 E.) 
Holy powers! What is that? Och, it's the other girl packing 
up her traps to lave. {Talking out of door L. 2 E.) Yes, 
I'm looking at yez. Sure and yez is not much to look at, 
ye big Dutch Jay, giving cold soup to nager policemen. 
Let's see yez slap me mouth. Come on! Come on! {Dancing 
around in a pugilistic attitude.) I dare ye! I dare ye! Ah, 
throw yer shoe at me. I'll throw it back. {Shoe thrown out 
of door L. 2 E. Biddy throws it back. This is repeated sev- 
eral times.) Serves yez right. {Laughs and comes down stage.) 
Begorra, and I hit her in the eye. {Specialty introduced.) 

Cry of " milK' outside of window R. U. E. 
Biddy. Milk! {Gets the coal scuttle and runs to window 
with it.) Here, mister, give me a quart. It's me old beau, 
Tom Collins. Hello, Tom! Yes, it's me. Yes, I'm livin 
here. Are yez coming around Sunday night. Come to the 
back gate and I'll have lunch ready. It's all right. The 
missus is going out and we'll have the house to oursilves. 



A ROW IN THE KITCHEN. 5 

{In a ivartiing voice.) Take care, Tom. Kape your eye on 
that nager policeman. Spunk up to him, Tom. Don't let 
him hit ye! No, he won't go away! 

Noise of men's angry voices and fight outside. Biddy goes 
dancing around the room greatly excited.^ sparring as before., 
as she watches the fight out of the window. 

Biddy. That's right! Hit him again! Say, you nager, 
don't you club Tom Collins, {Noise of patrol ivagon outside.) 
Och, here comes the patrol wagon and they're luggin poor 
Tom off. ( Takes a red shawl out of her pocket and weeps. ) 
Oh! murder! murder! That it should ever come to this! 
Well, I'll go and get dinner. {Sees can labeled '■'Dynamite." 
"Dinymite. " {Picks can up afid examines it.") This must be 
some new-fangled Italian soup. I'll put it on to cook. 
{Puts can on the stove. Specialty introduced. ) 

{Man's voice calls off P. 2 E.) Bridget, where is that 
dynamite? 

Biddy. Dinamite? Dinamite? Och, that's the soup. I 
put it on to cook. 

{Man's voice excitedly off R. 2 E.) Take it off! Take it 
off! You'll blow the house up! 

Biddy. Blow the house up! {Running around distracted, 
upsetting chairs, table, etc.) Och, murder! murder! That 
Biddy O'Flanigan should ever live to see this day! 

{Mans voice off R. 2 E.) Quick! Quick! There'll be an 
explosion. 

Biddy. Explosion! What's that? {Highly excited.) Come, 
ye spalpeen! Come and take it off yourself! 

The dynamite explodes and Biddy turns a flip-flap out of window. 
A cartridge of suitable strength may be made by rolling powder 
in strong manila paper. 

Quick Curtain. 



A POLITICIAN'S BREAKFAST. 



CAST OF CHARACTERS. 

Thaddexjs O'Halloran, a "sporty" Chicago politician who has 
been owling all night and wants his breakfast. 

Mrs. O'Halloran, Biddy the cook, the instalment collector, the 
brass band and the Delegation who are heard but not seen. 



Time in playing ten minutes. 



PROPERTIES. 



Table, chairs, sofa and other parlor furniture. A soup bowl to be 
handed O'Halloran out of L. 2 E. Bricks made of paper or red 
flannel and a cat made of flannel to be thrown in at window L. U. E. 



COSTUMES. 



Thaddeus O'Halloran. — Fashionable suit of a man about town or 
a saloon keeper, mussed up, and hat battered as the effect of his all- 
night spree. 



(6) 



A POLITICIAN'S BREAKFAST. 



Scene. — Parlor in the resilience of Thaddeus O'Halloran 
in J G. Double door C. [open) and backed by hallway. Hat 
rack seen in hall. Door R. 2 E. supposed to lead to Mrs. 
O'Halloran's apartment. Door L. 2 E. supposed to lead 
to kitchen. Bay window open L. U. E. Furniture arranged 
around stage. At rising of curtain O'Halloran, in the dress 
of a ''''sporty' city politician, but much disordered from his all- 
night orgies, staggers on the stage in a semi-intoxicated condi- 
tion C. from L. He goes skirmishing around and finally lands 
in the easy chair and sits " moaning' a few minutes before he 
speaks. 

O'Halloran. So I've been elected Judge — not a Court 
Judge, but a judge of the election. Me friends did it for 
me, and I had to trate them, and I've been all night at it. 
I'm afraid I drank too much. Och, how my head aches! I 
wonder where Mrs. O'Halloran is — and whether she missed 
me during the night. Faith, and I'll just ask Biddy. i^Goes 
to door L. 2 E.) Biddy, me darlin', is ye there? Yis, lass, 
it's me. Yis, I got back. Och, I had a jolly time. Drunk! 
I drank a quart! Say, Biddy, did the missus miss me? 
What did she say? Och, did she say that? Well, well, well! 
I thought better than that of Mrs. Thaddeus O'Halloran! 
Ha! Ha! So she was going to lock me out, was she? And 
ye stole the key and opened the dure. Come liere, Biddy, 
till I kiss ye. It's yer reward — it's due to yez. Och, ye 
don't know what is good. It's your aignorance. I can't 
bear aignorant people. [Specialtv introduced.) 

(Mrs. O'Halloran's voice heard outside Ji. 2 E.) Mr. 
O'Halloran! 

O'Hal. Who's that? Och, it's the mishtress. 

7 



8 A p(iLrnciAN's i^rkakfast. 

Mrs. O'Hal. {Oidsidc.) 'J'haddeus O'Halloran, are yez 
comin' to bed ? 

O'Hal. Bed! It's breakfast! {Goes to door R. 2 E. and 
speaks off.) And I'll get no breakfast! Why will I get no 
breakfast ? Oh, it's that ! And so yez are the boss of the house. 
I'll see about that! Mrs. Thaddeus O'Halloran, I command 
yez in the name of the gre&t State of Illinois to get up and 
get my breakfast! I know it; I know it. I had a right to 
be out all night. It was for me country's sake. I've been 
elected Judge! [Door bell rings in hallway off L.) Yis, I'll 
see who's at the dure. {He goes to door C. and speaks off Z.) 
What is it yez wants, young man ? Och, and so yez are the 
instalment collector. And why didn't yez come early in 
the mornin' ? Faith and I've not had me breakfast yet. I 
pay no bills before breakfast. It's a business principle wid 
me, lad. Phat! I never pay me bills! Look here, ye spal- 
peen, I've been elected Judge, and if yez insult me it's six 
months I'll give yez. {Comes down C) Faith, and I've 
never been so insulted since the day I was born. Never pay 
me bills, indade! How did he find that out? {Goes to door 
L. 2 E.) Biddy! Och, darlin', and won't ye get me a 
trifle of breakfast? Against missus' orders! And who gives 
the orders in this house? Who pays ye yer wages, girl? Ye 
don't get any wages? Och, Biddy darlin', ye shouldn't be 
throwin' that up to me all the time. What is that? Yez has 
got a little chicken soup left over from supper last night? 
Well, that will do, Biddy. It is not much, but it will do. 

A bowl of soup is passed out to him from L. 2 E. 
Och, chicken soup to a starvin' man wid a stomach like mine. 
Why ain't it goose soup? 

Noise of band heard out of window L. U. E. O'Halloran 

7-utis to window, bowl in hand. 
Och, it's a dilegation from the politic-al club, with a fife 



A POLITICIAN S BREAKFAST. 9 

and drum band, and all the little byes and dogs in the neigh- 
borhood. 

Voices. (Outside window L. U. E. ) Speech ! Speech ! 

O'Hal. An' they want a spache, an' me without me 
breakfast. I suppose I'll have to accommodate them, for 
I'm a Judge. 

As he speaks he stops at intervals to take a spoonful of soup. 

Fellow politicians! {Spoonful of soup.) Arrah, an' it's a 
great honor yees is paying me, Yees has elected me Judge 
{spoonful of soup) and from the bottom of me heart I thank 
yees for the compliment. 

Cries of ''^ Hurrah!" "' Good for O'Halloran!" He pauses 

in his speech and continues to feed himself with soup. 
I've not had me breakfast yet. 

Mrs. O'Hal. {Voice outside R. 2 E.) Thaddeus, are yez 
coming? 

O'Hal. {Continuing his speech.) And being out all night 
— {tnore soup) — 

Mrs.^O'Hal. {Voice off R. 2 E.) Are yez coming to 
bed, Thaddeus O'Halloran ? 

O'Hal. In the cause of me country! {More soup.) 

Mrs. O'Hal. {Outside R. 2 E.) I won't spake again, 
Thaddeus O'Halloran! 

O'Hal. Byes, me wife wants me. I'll have to go in or 
she'll raise the divil. 

Derisive yells outside. A shower of bricks thrown in the windoiv, 
followed by a stuffed cat. It strikes O'Halloran. 
O'Hal. Who threw that cat ? 

He returns the fire and begins bombarding the crowd outside as 
curtain descends, the voice of Mrs. O'Halloran meanwhile 
calling repeatedly, '' Thaddeus! Arc you coming?" from R. 2 E. 

Quick Curtain. 





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CONTENTS OF NO. 2. PJRIOE POST-PAID, PAPBB, 25 CENTS. 



Albert Drecker (Pathetic). 

Better in the Morning (Pathetic). 

Blue Sky Somewhere. 

Wounded (Battle Poem). 

Papa's Letter (Pathetic). 

Grandfather's Reverie (Pathetic). 

The Old Village Choir. 

At the Party. 

Romance at Home (Humorous). 

The Legend of the Organ Builder. 

I Vash So Glad 1 Vash Here (Very Hum- 
orous). 

Der Dog und der Lobster (Humorous). 

What Was His Creed ? 

Dedication of Gettysburg Cemetery. 

Time Turns the Table (Excellent). 

The Man Who Had"'t any Objection 
(Humorous). 

The Soldier's Mother (Sentimental). 

" De Pervisions, Josiar " (Humorous). 

A Response to Beautifu' Snow (Sentimental). 

The Defense of Lucknow (Heroic). 

A Model Discourse (Humorous). 

My Darling's Shoes. 

The Volunteer Soldiers of the Union. 

Life (Compilation). 

The Old-Fashioned Mother. 

De 'Sperience ob de Reb'rend Quacko 
Strong (Humorous). 

A. Heart to Let. 

limmy Butler and the Owl (Humorous). 

Presentiments ^Pathetic), 
eloquence cr Oratory, 
laising the Flag at Sumter, 
'arrhasius and the Captive, 
.'orient. 

He Wasn't Ready (Humorous). 

The Old Clock in the Corner. 

An Illustration (Fine Description). 

The Seven Stages. 

The Bells of Shandon. 



Circumlocution on the House that Jack 

Built (Fine). 
The Brakeman goes to Church, (Humorous) 
Address to Class of '771 Knox College. 
Bay Billy, (Battle Incident). 
The Flood and the Ark (Humorous Darky 

Sermon). 
The Steamboat Race. 
Battle of Gettysburg. 
A Connubial Eclogue (Humorous). 
The Chambered Nautilus. 
Ascent of Fu-si Yama. 
The Musician's Tale (Splendid Sea Tale) 
Vera Victoria. 
Ruining the Minister's Parrot (Very 

Funny). 
The Irish Philosopher (Humorous). 

TEUCPEBANCE PIECES. 

Confession of a Drunkard. 
The Fatal Glass. 
The Gambler's Wife. 
Dream of the Reveler. 
The Lost Steamer. 
One Glass More. 
I'll Take what Father Takes. 
• A Glass of CoU Water. 
The Glass Railroad. 
Signing the Pledge. 
The War with Alcohol. 
A Tragedy. 
Only a Glass of Cider. 
Traffic in Ardent Spirits. 
Why ? 

Pat's Bondsman. 
The Modern Cain. 
We do not Stop to Think. 
The Fate of a Fast Young Man. 
Lemonade. 

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A Tribute to Grant, (Eloquent). 

The Joshua of 1776, Fine (Description). 

The Latest Barbara Frietchie, (Comic). 

" Leadville Jim." 

Jerry, (Pathetic.) 

The Wee, "Wee Bairnie, (Pathetic). 

The Mutilated Currency Question, (Hum- 
orous.) 

Memory, (Poem.) 

How a Song Saved a Soul. 

A Decoration Day Address. 

Mr. Hoffenstein''s Bugle, (Very Funny.) 

What the Robin Can Tell. 

Mary's Night Ride, (Vivid Description ) 

Mr. Hopwell's Theory of Suppressing a 
Fire, (Humorous.) 

A Model Summer Hotel, (Humorous.) 

Pat and the Oysters, ( Humorous. ) 

Family Government, (Apt Illustration.) 

The Heroes and the Flowers, (Beautiful 
Description.) 

Expecting to Get Even. 

Driving a Hen, (Humorous.) 

A Retrospective. 

Where are Wicked Folks Buried ? 

Romance of a Hat, (Humorous.) 

Forever, (Sentimental. ) 

Courtship Fair and Square. 

Every Year, (Didactic.) 

Temperance Song Recital. 

Strangely Related. 

Kit, or Faithful Unto Death, (Pathetic.) 

Sam's Letter, (Very Funny.) 

Kindness. 

A Tribute to Longfellow. 

Civil War, (Tragic.) 

Petah, (Comic.) 

Drinking a Tear. 

The Married Man and The Bachelor. 

The V— A— S-E. 



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The Battle of Mission Ridge, (Stirring 

Description.) 
Heroic Medley. 
A Christmas Carmen. 
The Girl in Gray. 
An Easter-Tide Deliverance. 
Fading. 
Aurelia's Unfortunate Young Man, (Hum 

orous.) 
Fritz and His Betsy Fall Out, (Humorous. 
Help Me Across, Papa, (Pathetic.) 
Mr. Diffident's Speech. 
Scene from Leah the Forsaken, (Dramatic! 
A Railroad Car Scene. 
Death of Little Hackett, (Pathetic.) 
Farmer Stebbins' Appearance on Roller.« 
An Untimely Call. 
He Guessed He'd Fight, (Comic.) 
Only Five Minutes to Live. 
Calling the Angels In. 
Caliber Fifty-four. 
j\tother"s Doughnuts. 

The Prospects of The Republic; Oration 
Intensely Utter, (Humorous.) 
Napoleon Bonaparte. 
Autumn Thoughts, (Humorous.) 
A Christmas Song. 
The Froward Duster. 
The Convict's Soliloquy the Night beforl 

Execution. 
Aunt Sylvia's First Geography Lesson, 

(Humorous.) 
I Am Dying, Egypt, Dying, (Fine Poeaa.j 
Burdette's Adivce to a Young Man. 
Drinking a Farm. 
Bill Mason's Ride. 
Queen Vashti's Lament. 
Lady Macbeth — Sleep-Walking Scene, 

Tragic. 
Women and Their Ways. 



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A Nameless Hero (Heroic Poem). 

Mark Twain's Mining Story. 

A Culprit (Humorous Poem). 

The Friar's Christmas. 

For the Chief's Daughter (Tragic PoeraK 

Burdock's Music Bo,\ (Very Funny). 

Eulogy on O'Connell. 

Agnes, 1 Love Thee. 

Neighbors (Specimen of Gossip). 

Jerusalem by Moonlight. 

Purpose. 

The Chariot Race (Fine Description). 

Birth of the Rainbow (Poem) 

Tom's Little Star .Capital Short Poem). 

Unwritten Poems. 

Emancipation of Man (Burlesque). 

Christine. 

How I Tended the Baby (Comic). 

Battle of the Cowpens (Heroic Poem). 

Nebuchadnezzar. 

Universal Education. 

Temperance Lesson — Just Twenty-one. 

Pat's Reason (Comic). 

Defence of Hofer (Patriotic). 

Thet Boy of Ourn (Dialect Poem). 

Hannibal's Address. 

She Referred Him to Her Pa. 

Patriotism. 

Winnie's Welcome (Irish Poem). 

Speech of Patrick Henry (Patriotic Oration). 

My First Pantaloons. 

Peaceable Secession (Oration). 

Pharisee and Sadducee. 

A Soldier Tramp. 

Domestic Economy (Humorous). 

The Flying Dutchman. 



Une Robe Angelique. 

A Frontier Bridal — Almost a Tragedy 

( Fine Poem). 
The Origin of Scandal. 
Tlie Unknown .Speaker (Prize Oration). 
Decoration Day Poem — "Alemorial Day." 
Little Charlie's Big Story. 
The Donkey's Dream 'Humorous). 
Startling Revelations (Very Funny). 
"There is a Spiritual Body.'" 
Praying for Papa. 
Minding the Hens (Hum.oroucV 
Der Shpider und Der Fly. 
One Thing He Forgot. 
Curly-Head. 
Jimmie's Prayer. 
He Gave Him a Start. 
Shall America Betray Herself? 
Kiss Deferred, The (Fine Pathe-.'w Poem.) 
If I Were a Boy Again. 
The Rustle of a Wing. 
Light over the Range (Miner's Di»''~'t*- 
Grady's Great Speech, "The New SoutJ*." 
The Oak and the Vine (Humorous.). 
Cassandra Brown. 
Empty Ne.st, The. 
Aux Italiens (a Poem). 
The Blind Preacher. 
Lorraine. 

The Curtain Fixture (Humorous) 
The Telegram. 

She Would be a Mason (Humorous). 
A Mysterious Duel. 
The Last Hymn, a Story of Shipwreck. 
Waiting for the Bugle. 
The Codfish. 



T. S. DENISON. Publisher, 

163 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. 



DENI50N'S ACTING PLAYS. 

Price 15 Cents Each, Postpaid, Unless Different Price is Given. 



FARCES AND SKKTCIIES. 

In the Wrong House, 20 min. . . 

Irish Linen Peddler, 40 miu. .. 

Is the Editor in? 20 min 

,Iohn Smith, 30 min 

Just My Luck, 20 min 

Kansas Immigrants. ;2(i min... 

Kiss in the Dnrlc. 30 min 

Larliins' Love Letters. 50 min. 

Limericlc Boy, 30 min 

Love and Rain, slveteh, 20 m , . 

Luclcy Sixpence, 30 min 

Lucy's Old Jlan, slj;etch, 15 m. 

Mike Donovan, 15 min 

Misses Beers, 25 min 

Mistake in Identity, sketch, 15 
min 

Model of a Wife, 25 min 

Movement Cure, 15 min 

Mrs. Gamp's Tea, sketch, 15 m. 

^ly Jeremiah. 20 min 

My Lord in Livery, 45 min 

]S[y Neighbor's Wife, 45 min. . . 

My Turn Next, 50 min 

Narrow Escape, sketch, 15 m. . 

Not at Home, 15 min 

On Guard, 25 min 

Peisecuted Dutchman, 35 miu. 

Pets of Society, 30 min 

Played and Lost, sketch, 15 m. 

Pull Back, 20 min 

Quiet Family. 45 min 

Realm of Time, musical al- 
legory. 30 min 

Regular Fix, 50 min 

Rough Diamond, 40 min 

Row in Kitchen and Politician's 
Breakfast, 2 monoiogues. . . 

Silent Woman, 25 min 

Slasher and Crasher, 1 h.l5 m. 

Squeers' School, sketch, 18 m.. 

Taming a Tiger, 20 min 

That Rascal Pat. 35 min 

Too Much of a Good Thing, 50 
min 

Turn Him Out. 50 min 

Twenty Minutes Under Um- 
brella, sketch, 20 min 

Two bonnycaKtles.45 min. ... 

Two Gay Deceivers. 25 min . . . . 

Two Gents in a Fix, 20 min. . . 

Two Ghosts in White, 25 min. 

Two Puddif oots, 40 min 

Uncle Dick's Mistake, 20 min . 

"Very Pleasant Evening, .30 m. . 

Wanted a ("orrespondent, 1 hr. 

Which Will He Manv'i' 30 m. . 

White Caps (The), niusical, 30 
min 

Who Told The Lie? .30 min . . . 

Wide Enough for Two, 50 min. 

AVomen of Lowenburg, histori- 
cal sketch. 5 scenes, 50 m . . 

Woman Hater (The), 30 min. . 



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Wonderful IjCtler, 2oijnn. 
Wooing Under l)iffic^lltie^ 



Yankee Peddler, 1 hr 

ICTIIIOI'IAN FARCES. 

Academy of Stars. 15 rain 

All Expenses: Or. Nobody's 

Son, 10 min ! . . 

Baby Coach Parade, 20 min. . 
Back from Californy; Or, Old 

Clothes, 12 min ." 

Deaf, In a Horn, 12 min 

Hamlet the Dainty, 15 min 

Handy Andy, 12 min 

Haunted House, 8 min 

■loke on Squinim (Tlie). 25 m.. 

Jumbo Jum, .30 min 

Mischievous Nigger (The), 20 

min ". .' 

No Cure, No Pay. 10 miu 

Othello and Desdemona, 12 m. 
Prof. Black's Funnygraph, 15 

min 

Quarrelsome Servants, 8 min. . 

Rooms to Let, 15 min 

Sham Doctor (The), 15 min... 

Sports on a Lark, 8 min 

Stage Struck Darky, 10 min . . . 
Stocks Up, Stocks Down, 8m.. 

Tricks, 10 min 

Two Pompeys (Tlie), 8 min. . . . 

Uncle Jeff, 25 min 

Unhappy Pair (An), 10 min. . . 
Villikens and His Dinah. 20 m. 
Wax Works at Play, 30 min. . . 
William Tell, 15 min 



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The publisher believes that ho can 
say truthfully that Denison's list of 
plays is on the whole the best se- 
lected and most successful in the 
market. JVeir Phtija will be added 
from ti]iio to lime. 

Manuscripff, not only of plays but 
of any books similar to those in Den- 
ison's catalogue, will receive careful 
attention and if accepted will be 
paid for at current prices. 



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T. S. DENISON, Publisher, I63 Randolph St., Chicago. 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 



Any Piay on this List S5 Cts. Postpaid 



Plays by T. S. DENISON. 

That the plays written by T. S. Deni- 
son are, all things considered, the best 
for amateurs, is attested by their very 
large and increasing sale. 

ODDS WITH THE ENEMY. 

A drama in five acts; 7 male and 4 
female characters. Time, 2 hours. 

SETH GREENBACK. 

A drama in 4 acts; 7 male and 3 fe- 
male. Time, i h., 15 m. 

INITIATING A GRANGES. 

A ludicrous farce; 8 male. Time, 25 m. 
WANTED, A CORRESPONDENT. 

A farce in 2 acts; 4 male, 4 female. 
Time, 45 m. 

A FAMILY STRIKE. 
Afarce,3 male, 3 female. Time, 20 m. 

TWO GHOSTS IN WHITE. 
A humorous farce, boarding school 
life; S feirlale characters. Time, 25 m. 

THE ASSESSOR. 

A humorous sketch; 3 male and 2 fe- 
male. Time, 10 m. 

BORROWING TROUBIiE. 

A ludicrous farce; 3 male an* 5 fe • 
male. Time, 20 m. 

COUNTRY JUSTICE. 
Amusing country lawsuit ; S male 
characters. (May admit 11.) Time, 15 m. 
THE PUIili-BACK. 
A laughable farce; 6 female. Time, 
20 m. 

HANS VON SMASH. 
A roaring farce in a prologue and one 
act; 4 male and 3 female. Time, 30 m. 

OUR COUNTRY. 

A patriotic drama. Requires 10 nialei 
5 female. (Admits 11 m. 15 f.) Four fine 
tablcau.x. Time about i hour. 

THE SCHOOIiMA'AM. 

A brilliant comedy in 4 acts; 6 male, S 
female. Time i hour, 45 m. 

THE IRISH LINEN PEDDLER. 

A lively farce; 3 male, 3 female. Time 
40 m. 

THE KANSAS IMMIGRANTS. 

A roaring farce: 5 male, i female. 
Time, 20 m. 

TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING. 

A capital farce ; 3 male, 6 female. 
Time, 4j m. 



017 401 349 4 « 

IS THE EDITOR IN? 

A farce; 4 male and 2 female; 20 m. 
AN ONLY DAUGHTER 

A drama in 3 acts; 5 male and 2 fe 
male. Time, i hour, 15 m. 

PETS OP SOCIETY. 

A farce; 7 female. Time, 25 m. 
HARD CIDER. 

A very amusing temperance sketch ; 4 
male, 2 female. Time, 10 m. 

LOUVA, THE PAUPER. 

A drama in 5 acts; 9 male and .( fe- 
male characters. Time, i hour, 45 m. 

UNDER THE LAURELS. 

A drama in five acts; a stirring play, 
fully equal to Louv'a the Pauper. Five 
male, 4 female. Time, i hour, 45 m. 

THE SPARKLING CUP. 

A temperance drama in five acts; I^ 
male and 4 female. Time 2 h. 

THE DANGER SIGNAL. 

A drama; 7 male, 4 female. Time, 2 h. 
W^IDE ENOUGH FOR TWO. 

A farce; 5 male, 2 female. Time, 45 m. 



BOOKS FOR ENTERTAINMENTS. 

WORK AND PLAY. 

For little folks. Exercises in letters, 
numbers, objects, geography, animals, 
motion-songs, dialogues, charades, etc., 
etc., postpaid, 50c. 

PRANKS AND PASTIMES. 

For home, school or church. Nearly 
100 games, charades, scenes, etc., 50c. 

Negro Minstrel Book, 25c. 

Social Games at Cards, 25c. 

Private Theatricals, how to get up, 
25c. 

WHEN LESSONS ARE OVER. 

Dialogues, Plays, Nuts to Crack, 25c. 
ENCHANTED WOOD. 

Bright, New Opera. Price, 35c. 

Dialect Readings, humorous, 25c. 

THE FRIDAY DIALOGUES. 

Short, lively. Boys and Girls. Price 25c. 

FRIDAY AFTERNOON SPEAKER. 

For little folks, for older boys and girls, 
short, pithy dialogues. Price 25c. 

Dialogues from Dickens, 25c. 

Shadow Pictures, Pantomimes, Tab- 
leaux, etc., etc., 25c. 

Choice Pieces for Little People, 25c. 

School and Parlor Tableaux, 25c. 

Debater's Handbook, cloth, 50c. 

Everybody's Letter Writer, 30c. 

Good Manners, paper cover, 30c. 



T. S. DENISON, Publisher, 163 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. 



